Ancient Greek History

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Introduction to Ancient Greek History with Donald Kagan
This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period. Students read original sources in translation as well as the works of modern scholars.

Click the link for the tutorials:

1.http://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses#g/c/023BCE5134243987

2.http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/ancient-greek-history-audio/id341651987 (audio)

3.http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/ancient-greek-history-video/id341652005 (video)

4.http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-history/ 

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Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

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This course will concentrate on major figures and persistent themes in ancient and medieval philosophy. A balance will be sought between scope and depth, the latter ensured by a close reading of selected texts from Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, Marcus Aurelius, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas. For all available materials for the course, “Ancient and Medieval Philosophy”, visit the Notre Dame OpenCourseWare site.

Click the link below for tutorial:

1.http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/ancient-medieval-philosophy/id382668779

2.http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/ancient-and-medieval-philosophy/lectures

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The Elements of Drawing- Oxford University

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Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin’s teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing. This series accompanies 'The Elements of Drawing', a searchable and browsable online version of the teaching collection and catalogues assembled by John Ruskin for his Oxford drawing schools. For further information please visit http://ruskin.ashmolean.org/

1.http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/the-elements-of-drawing/id442428860

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SmARThistory Video Lectures

SmARThistory Video Lectures by Beth Harris, MoMA & Steven Zucker, Pratt Institute


Click the link below for video tutorial:


1.http://vimeo.com/user540885/videos


2.http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/videos.html

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Masterpieces of Western Art

Masterpieces of Western Art by Columbia University

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1.http://itunes.apple.com/institution/columbia-university/id412478445#ls=1

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Introduction to Visual Thinking

Introduction to Visual Thinking by UC Berkeley

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1.http://webcast.berkeley.edu/playlist#c,s,All,17E8512F6565AC39

2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0jmaarz2RY

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Foundations of American Cyber-Culture

 Foundations of American Cyber-Culture by UC Berkeley


Click the link in the below for tutorial:

1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpCu8nNwQ9Y

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Art History: Ancient to Medieval Penn State, Heather McCune Bruhn

Art History: Ancient to Medieval – iTunes Video – Penn State, Heather McCune Bruhn

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1.http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=429890882

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Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lecturesby Oxford University

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Lecture series on Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art. The first part of the series focuses on some of the most important writings on art and beauty in the Western philosophical tradition, covering Plato, Aristotle, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. The second part of the series focuses on questions about understanding works of art and about the nature of art. This part examines the interpretation of literature, the expression of emotion in music, and the definition of art

Click the link for video tutorials:

http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/aesthetics-philosophy-art/id426430244

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Roman Architecture with Diana E. E. Kleiner

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This course is an introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration, including mural painting. While architectural developments in Rome, Pompeii, and Central Italy are highlighted, the course also provides a survey of sites and structures in what are now North Italy, Sicily, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, and North Africa. The lectures are illustrated with over 1,500 images, many from Professor Kleiner's personal collection.

Click the link below for tutorial:


1. http://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses#g/c/BCB3059E45654BCE

2.http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/roman-architecture-video/id341652916

3.http://oyc.yale.edu/history-of-art/roman-architecture/content/downloads 

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Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiryby Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn, Alex MacLean

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This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, of investigating landscapes and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning, among other issues.

Click the link below for the tutorial:

http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/sensing-place-photography/id354868915#ls=1

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Hannibalby Stanford Continuing Studies Program

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Hannibal is a name that evoked fear among the ancient Romans for decades. His courage, cunning and intrepid march across the dangerous Alps in 218 BCE with his army and war elephants make for some of the most exciting passages found in ancient historical texts written by Polybius, Livy, and Appian. And they continue to inspire historians and archaeologists today. The mystery of his exact route is still a topic of debate, one that has consumed Patrick Hunt (Director of Stanford’s Alpine Archaeology Project) for more than a decade. This course examines Hannibal’s childhood and his young soldierly exploits in Spain. Then it follows him over the Pyrenees and into Gaul, the Alps, Italy, and beyond, examining his victories over the Romans, his brilliance as a military strategist, and his legacy after the Punic Wars. Along the way, students will learn about archaeologists’ efforts to retrace Hannibal’s journey through the Alps and the cutting-edge methods that they are using. Hunt has been on foot over every major Alpine pass and has now determined the most probable sites where archaeological evidence can be found to help solve the mystery. Presented by the Stanford Continuing Studies Program.

Click the link for the course:

http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/hannibal/id384234015#ls=1

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Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology (from Greek ἀρχαιολογία, archaiologia – ἀρχαῖος, arkhaios, "ancient"; and -λογία, -logia, "-logy"), is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes (the archaeological record). It is important to note that archaeology does not include the discipline of paleontology. Because archaeology employs a wide range of different procedures, it can be considered to be both a science and a humanity, and in the United States it is thought of as a branch of anthropology, although in Europe it is viewed as a separate discipline.

Archaeology studies human history from the development of the first stone tools in eastern Africa 3.4 million years ago up until recent decades. It is of most importance for learning about prehistoric societies, when there are no written records for historians to study, making up over 99% of total human history, from the Palaeolithic until the advent of literacy in any given society. Archaeology has various different goals, which range from studying human evolution to cultural evolution and understanding culture history.

The discipline involves surveyance, excavation and eventually analysis of data collected to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. It draws upon anthropology, history, art history, classics, ethnology, geography geology, linguistics, physics, information sciences, chemistry, statistics, paleoecology, paleontology, paleozoology, paleoethnobotany, and paleobotany.

Archaeology developed out of antiquarianism in Europe during the 19th century, and has since become a discipline practiced across the world. Since its early development, various specific sub-disciplines of archaeology have developed, including maritime archaeology, feminist archaeology and archaeoastronomy, and numerous different scientific techniques have been developed to aid archaeological investigation. Nonetheless, today, archaeologists face many problems, ranging from dealing with pseudoarchaeology to the looting of artifacts and opposition to the excavation of human remains.

Select the links for the course:

1.Hannibal - iTunes – Patrick Hunt, Stanford

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